Amber Alert canceled after girl is returned by father

Amber Alert canceled after girl is returned by father. (Tribune photo illustration)

William LeeTribune reporter

An Amber Alert has been canceled after a 17-month-old girl was found safe on the South Side, a week after her father failed to return her during a routine visit, authorities said this morning.

The 46-year-old father had picked up his daughter from the 7100 block of South Ellis Avenue for a three-hour visit on June 12, authorities said. He never returned, they said.

Authorities said the father showed up at the police station at 51st Street and Wentworth Avenue with the girl around 8:30 a.m., not long after the alert was issued this morning. The mother has been reunited with the child.